On my travels recently, I have noticed that there are quite a number of plaques and monuments to sportspeople – some I have heard of but many more that I have not.
There have been a few blogs previously on some such plaques but you are hereby warned that you will likely see a good few more in the coming weeks.
My first ever visit to Banteer was only recently and there I spotted this statue to Dr. Pat O’Callaghan.
I had known the regular table quiz question that he won the first Olympic Gold Medal for Ireland but the statue has prompted some web research which has taught me that he was offered the role of tarzan and that a child died as a result of being hit by a flying hammer; that Adolf Hitler arranged for his technique to be videoed; and that two hammers are on display in the Bantry Bay Hotel.
There have been a few blogs previously on some such plaques but you are hereby warned that you will likely see a good few more in the coming weeks.
My first ever visit to Banteer was only recently and there I spotted this statue to Dr. Pat O’Callaghan.
I had known the regular table quiz question that he won the first Olympic Gold Medal for Ireland but the statue has prompted some web research which has taught me that he was offered the role of tarzan and that a child died as a result of being hit by a flying hammer; that Adolf Hitler arranged for his technique to be videoed; and that two hammers are on display in the Bantry Bay Hotel.
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